Synonyms for want-to-be
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.
Hollywood's restaurants are full of wannabe actors waiting to be discovered.
Forms
- Plural
- want-to-bes → try-hards, would-bes, hopefuls, aspirants…
Example sentences
- hopeful We rise with the sun, hopeful for the day ahead.
By length
- 7 letters
- hopeful2, aspirer
- 8 letters
- aspirant3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hopeful2 = 2 syllables).